One in a Thousand: The Calling and Work of a Pastor (Hulse)

Errol Hulse presents a clear Biblical model of what a pastor is - the qualities of the pastor are determined and a distinction made between pastor and elders. He shows, from the time of the Reformation to the present day, how that Biblical model is brought to life. This is a book that pastors and elders should read - but it also gives guidance and help to any church member, as eight biographical sketches are used; the first two from the Bible and the others from church history.

A God-sent preacher is ‘one among a thousand’. Such men are sorely needed today. They are men who build up God’s Church by solid biblical preaching, by godly pastoral affection and by constant prayerfulness.

Table of Contents:

1. What is a Pastor?
2. The Chief Sheperd - The Compassionate Pastor
3. The Apostle Paul - Inspirer of Pastors 
4. Martin Luther and Reformation
5. William Perkins - Application in Preaching
6. Richard Baxter - The Pastor as Evangelist
7. Jonathan Edwards - The Pastor as a Theologian
8. Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones - The Pastor as Preacher
9. Martin Holdt - A Contemporary Pastor 

Author  

Erroll Hulse is the retired Associate Pastor of Leeds Reformed Baptist Church, England and Editor of Reformation Today

Endorsements  

"This book is a gem. It is a distillation of a life-time’s experience in the pastoral ministry and passion for training pastors. It should be prescribed reading in every seminary preparing men for ministry. He begins with an explanatory chapter: ‘What is a Pastor?’ Every page is saturated with Scripture: the first two of the eight biographical sketches making up the body of the book are straight from the Bible: the Chief Shepherd, the Compassionate Servant described in Isaiah, and Paul, the pastoral theologian.

The remainder are selected robustly to display essential characteristics of a biblical pastor, from the Reformation to the 21st century. This is inspirational writing to encourage men labouring faithfully, whether in townships of Africa or great cities of Europe or America. Erroll writes in a pithy style with short sentences giving the whole book a momentum which grips the reader." - Irving Steggles, Pastor Birchleigh Baptist Church, South Africa, Chairman of the Board of the London Theological Seminary and Director of African Pastors Conferences.

"A God-sent preacher is ‘one among a thousand’. Such men are sorely needed today. They are men who build up God’s Church by solid biblical preaching, by godly pastoral affection and by constant prayerfulness. Erroll Hulse conducts us through a gallery of well-selected preachers from Paul and Luther down to men of recent times. This is a well-written book with a message for us all today. It deserves to be widely read by all who love God’s cause." - Maurice Roberts, minister in the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), Inverness, Scotland.